Sorry about the delay, here are some of my pr’s on a yearly basis in high school and what I think caused the improvement.
9th TJ- 40’7 just starting to learn the event
10th TJ- 43’8 improving with no training watching old 8mm tapes of jumpers trying to do the phases the correct way.
11th TJ-44’8 Not much improvement, without a coach I’ve hit a plateu.
12th TJ-46’10 At state championship and later 49’7 at TAC nationals 5th place in bloomington. I know there will be skeptics but to this day I credit this incredible improvement from one single source, The forced introduction of cross country into my life. Yes you read it right .I was forced by my coach to run CC and my verticle leap increased by 12 inches. It motivated me so much that it energized my training and the introduction of plyometrics has been a staple in life ever since. I think I’m as old school as you can get and If there is a hill somewhere close to your home than you have everything you need for a successful training regiment.
Here is one little trick I had for my TJ. I would record the audio of my jumps, first the entire jump than break down each phase. Using a stop watch I would calculate how much time each phase lasted and a total time. My goal was to have even foot strike times and than add length to those times. It was a challange but just another fun training aid.Like I said OLD SCHOOL. train hard, have fun .